Article 8 Consent to marriage

Where either party to the proposed marriage is under the age of 18 and the parties have jointly nominated England and Wales as the relevant part of the United Kingdom then the same consent is required as would be required in respect of a marriage solemnized in England and Wales on the authority of a superintendent registrar under Part 3 of the Marriage Act 1949^f1.

The authorised person in whose presence the marriage is to be solemnized may dispense with the requirement to obtain consent if the authorised person is satisfied that it cannot be obtained because of the absence, inaccessibility or disability of the person whose consent is so required.